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Moody Library Special Collections

The Moody Library Special Collections are home to rare and unique resources spanning from a 4th century facsimile to artist books published in this current year. With over 48,000 volumes, the collection covers a wide range of disciplines in rare books, manuscripts, books arts, scholars’ libraries, archives, early printed music and more.

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50 for 50

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Moody Memorial Library, we are counting down 50 unique items from the special collections housed in the half-century-old building.

Spotlight on the Collection - Rare Books

Latin Bible - 1454. This is a Gutenberg Bible facsimile handcrafted into 15th century-style codices. These beautiful volumes, created by Bookbinders Workshop, were completed in 10 years through the Lost Gutenbergs Project.

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